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| Brand: Archos
Category: CE
List Price: $229.99
Buy New: $149.00
You Save: $80.99 (35%)
New (23) Used (3) Refurbished (2) from $109.99
Rating:  33 reviews
Sales Rank: 10889
Color: grey
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Native Resolution: 4.3
Display Size: 4.3
Removable Memory: MicroSD
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 5 x 1 x 3
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: 500951
Model: 500951
UPC: 690590509511
EAN: 0690590509511
ASIN: B000S5UY1M
Release Date: September 1, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Archos 605 4GB--not ready for the consumer October 20, 2007
7 out of 11 found this review helpful
As a prior Archos media player owner, I had high hopes that the 605 was going to be a wonderful device. The screen is large, the touch screen and features that were advertised are great and the fact that you could pop in an SD card was a +.
I owned the device for about 2 weeks. Upon receiving it, I immediately upgraded to the latest firmware. The wi-fi capability is not good in this device, whether through poor software implementation or hardware. Every other device I own with wi-fi capability can link to my network easily from any room in my home and sometimes in the yard. The 605 struggled to keep and often dropped the connection.
Within 10 days of casual use (5-10 times/day) the on-off switch ceased to function. The only way to power the device on and off was to connect it to the USB port on my computer. Shortly after that, the device started to report system errors which some research showed normally happens by not properly removing the device under Windows. Let me assure you that I know what I am doing and always used the "Safely Remove Hardware" option to stop the device prior to unplugging it.
I reset the device to its factory settings and this did nothing to remedy any of the problems.
Amazon has kindly taken my 605 back and I am now the proud owner of an Ipod Touch
Archos has lost a repeat buyer and loyal customer...
 Great Display - Quick Response - Convenient Memory October 10, 2007
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
I bought this for the quality of the display, and it met all expectations. It does does full justice to Divx video. The built-in speaker is remarkably good and is far and away the best sound I ve heard in anything this small.
I use it primarily to show people short video clips of machine functions. It is far more convenient and dignified than whipping out a laptop computer, and its quality adds credibility to the presentation. The quick response is professional quality and provides instant gratification. The resolution, clarity, and unsmeared motion images are comparable to a good laptop display.
Text is clearly readable, even in smaller fonts. The pdf player works smoothly and has a very readable display with the included pdf instruction manual, which suggests outputting PowerPoint slide shows in pdf for use here. It is more than capable of a clearly readable slide show display, given the fonts and graphics commonly used in slide shows.
Even the 4GB is more than enough for data I need, particularly after erasing most of the preloaded files by using the intuitive file brouser. It is nice to know that it would use another 16 GB on an HCSD card, but the handiest use for this slot so far is the 2 GB SD card out of a camera. The quality of the displayed images is so much better than the display on the camera that you much better check on focus and exposure.
I have had an Archos AV-420 for 3 years, and it is still a great product, which has more built-in flexibility in connecting to tv and cable systems. I just never got around to using any of that functionality and don t expect to miss it here. Technology is moving toward integration with the computer thru USB, where this device excels. The display on the 420 was great for standard tv resolutions, but was not adequate for most text. This display is more consistent with computer displays and HDTV. The 605 obviously lacks HD resolution, but it s hard to tell on a screen of this size, unless you've got a magnifying glass in your pocket.
I considered the 405 first, but this seems like a lot more machine for the money. Once you've seen this display, it s hard to go back. It fits easily in a front pocket and I wouldn't find a smaller format any more convenient.
I plan to get the browser soon. The WIFI worked great to update the firmware. The touch screen keyboard made it easy to enter the key for accessing an encrypted wireless router.
In LOVE with this device! October 9, 2007
27 out of 30 found this review helpful
Sometimes you buy something and you spend alot of money and just
don't feel like you have gotten your moneys worth or don't use it
enough to justify to yourself the purchase.
Well, for me, the Archos device is just about the best purchase
that I have ever made. It is just incredible. I literally use it
every day. I take it on the train. I take it backpacking. I watch
TV in bed before going to sleep. I even watch it at work occasionally.
I really have no complaints whatsoever on this device!
I previously purchased the Archos 604 30GB model. And yes, I bought
all the plugins... This purchase was for the Wifi and higher resolution
than my 604. After firmware upgrade it has worked flawlessly.
Everything else on the device is just great.
Let me say that I purchased the video iPod and the video itself looks
great but it is SO SMALL! The screen size on this is perfect.
I actually went thru alot of pain to get VIDEO ON THE IPOD!
Well, this baby will play alot of formats the ipod will not. mpeg2,
vob, avi, mpeg4. Just buy the plugins and you are good to go.
Yes, its a little more expense.. blah blah blah
To do movie conversion I use Nero Recoder for ipod (mpeg4).
For TV shows I used bittorrent. :) Legally of course :)
Somehow there are alot of negative comments about the device.
I don't understand. I've had the 604 for about 6 months and still
rave about it. The 605 is just as nice.
If you don't own one already I'd recommend getting the 30GB one
if you can afford it. The flash is nice for expansion but is
slower for copying files to the device. Flash is getting much
cheaper (2GB SD card for ~$20 now...) though.
Anyway, if you want to watch video get the Archos. If you want
a music player buy an iPod. If you want people to think you have
money buy an iTouch.
Hope my comments were useful to you. If you buy it and are
dissappointed I will be too.
The following is added after having the unit for over a month:
- I still love it
- Never had ANY problems playing video
- Never had ANY problems playing music
- Lockup has occurred using Web Browser. They are not frequent
and I am assuming that Archos will continue to make the
product more robust with Opera. They have yet to release
the widgets so my guess is that they are working on it.
So... still very happy with Web Browser
- Complaints about having special cable are goofy (see iPod cable)
- The Media Server option is GREAT! I have a Maxtor NAS drive
which supports uPnP so I don't have to copy stuff onto the
device itself. For shows > 1hr I copy them to the device because
the fast forward does not work with the media server. (If you
use PC and share then use the file browser, it does)
All being said, I would lower the stars to 4.5 because of the lockups
during Web Browsing. Hope the additional comments help you.
Thanks
Update on Dec 11:
New firmware makes the device even better. Haven't seen any lockups
using the webbrowser. And now it supports flash games. OK OK... so
the CPU is not that powerful and it won't play alot of games to
satisfaction but it does play the cards games just fine.
Anyway... Yes yes yes... you have to buy plugins for the webbrowser
and if you want to play some different formats... Just figure an
extra 50 dollars. But again.. if you want to watch VIDEO then this
IS the device for you. If you want music then there are ALOT of
better mp3 players out there. And the complaints about video conversion..
well, 1 plugin buys you anything you would watch on the ipod.
Like I said above.. sorry if you don't like it.
 Cool but... September 21, 2007
5 out of 14 found this review helpful
This would be a cool little gadget if there weren't so many negatives. Takes a long time to charge, over 12 hours and you have to use your computer. Lot of issues getting it to work right. Whatever you do don't call Archos customer service, they'll make it worse. Relatively inexpensive initial purchase but if you want the full features plan on another $300. Can't record without the DVR station. I returned it, just too many problems. Didn't want to spend hours trying to get it to work properly. I must say that Amazon's return procedure is fantastic. Very happy with Amazon not with Archos.
Amazing Product, dont listen to other reviews September 19, 2007
11 out of 15 found this review helpful
This is the most amazing product you can get for $200 period. It has the best screen that I have ever seen and the sd card slot works flawlessly. Just don't update the firmware(yet) there is some problems with the ones they released. You don't need to update it works just fine. I recommend getting the dvr dock and a 4gb sd card. Then you have the best product that will last you a very very long time because it is flash.
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